The difficulty of making good decisions

How an LA-based non-profit uses running to help thousands in recovery from addiction

I like to highlight when people do good using the art of running. The efforts during the Los Angeles wildfires by Silver Lake Track Club, who raised over $50,000 for various charities by organizing a race from Altadena to Malibu, and Koreatown Run Club who set up a whole warehouse assembly line for immediate relief, for instance. The founder of Eagle Rock Run Club ran a marathon around a quarter-mile block of Northeast L.A. this past Independence Day to raise money for immigrant rights at a dystopian time when the American military has set up shop in one of their own cities.

But what about those for whom it’s not a one-off? What about those who alter their entire lives so they might change someone else’s? Leslie Gold is one of those people who is using running as a tool. She is supporting long term sobriety with her Los Angeles-based non-profit organization, Strides in Recovery.

Founded in 2018 with a goal of coaching newly sober individuals in L…